Extraterrestrial beings do not pose a threat to humanity, Tennessee Republican Representative Tim Burchett has said
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Aliens
have visited our planet traveling in an otherworldly craft and have
made contact with humans, US Congressman Tim Burchett has claimed,
citing unnamed government officials.
In the US, interest in UFOs
and related phenomena has grown in recent years, due to the federal
government backing the Pentagon’s All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office
(AARO) and established channels for pilots and the public to report
sightings.
“And they gave specifics, they gave addresses, they gave times and dates and people that were in the meeting,” Burchett said during a Monday livestream interview with TMZ. “And this went all the way up to the executive branch of previous presidents, not this current president.”
Answering the hosts’ questions, the 61-year-old congressman stressed that the claims referred both to “life that is not earthly” and to “something mechanical that’s not earthly.”
Burchett also said that he does not believe extraterrestrial beings pose a threat to humanity. “I don't think we’re at danger of this. I mean, these things exist as I think they do, and they could have destroyed us with the blink of an eye, I just don’t see that,” he stressed.
In an interview
with Newsmax a week earlier, the lawmaker also warned that releasing
classified information about alleged alien encounters could shake public
confidence.
“I’ve been briefed by just about every alphabet agency there is, and if they released what I’ve seen, you’d be up at night worrying about it,” he said.
Tim Burchett has emerged
as a leading voice on disclosure of files regarding unidentified aerial
phenomena (UAPs) and unidentified flying objects (UFOs), pushing for
greater government transparency.
He has alleged that various agencies, including NASA, have been “lying” about what they know and claims that many files on the subject remain undisclosed.
In
February, US President Donald Trump announced plans to order the
Department of War and other agencies to release government files related
to UAPs and UFOs due to “tremendous interest.”
Shortly
after that, US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth confirmed that the American
public would learn whether his department holds records proving the
existence of aliens, but cautioned against expecting a swift release.
In
March 2024, the Pentagon said it had no proof that any unidentified
aerial phenomena are in fact alien technology, adding that many cases
involved weather balloons, spy planes, satellites, and other routine
activity.